Plasma and urinary 8-iso-prostane as an indicator of lipid peroxidation in pre-eclampsia and normal pregnancy

Anne Barden, Lawrence Beilin, Jacqueline Ritchie, Kevin Croft, B.N. Walters, C.A. Michael

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Abstract

1. This study was designed to seek evidence for excessive lipid peroxidation in pre-eclamptic women using 8-iso-prostane as a novel bioactive marker of lipid peroxidation irt vivo. Plasma free, total and urinary 8-iso-prostane were measured in 20 women with proteinuric pre-eclampsia, and compared with 18 age- and gestation-matched pregnant control subjects, before delivery and at 6 weeks postpartum.2, Plasma free 8-iso-prostane was significantly elevated in the pre-eclamptic women compared with control subjects before delivery, and fell to control levels post-partum. Conversely, levels in women with normal pregnancy rose post-partum3. Total plasma 8-iso-prostane levels were not significantly elevated in pre-eclamptic women compared with control subjects during pregnancy, but fell significantly in the pre-eclamptic women postpartum, suggesting that they had relatively higher levels compared with their non-pregnant state.4, Urinary 8-iso-prostane excretion was significantly lower in the pre-eclamptic women compared with control subjects during pregnancy, suggesting that renal clearance of 8-iso-prostane is impaired in pre-eclampsia.5. Increased levels of plasma free 8-iso-prostane in pre-eclampsia could be due to an increase in lipid peroxidation, an increase in phospholipase A(2) activity or a reduction in renal clearance of 8-iso-prostane, or a combination of all three, The potent direct and indirect vasoconstrictor actions of 8-iso-prostane may contribute to the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)711-718
JournalClinical Science
Volume91
Issue numberDecember
Publication statusPublished - 1996

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